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Category Archives: Hip Fractures
Elderly Major Trauma Patients: Guidelines (London Major Trauma System / Emergency Medicine Journal)
Summary The 11.5 million people aged 65 and older is the fastest growing age group in the UK They comprise 18% of the population today, and this figure is projected to rise to 25% of the population by 2040. According … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma (BOAST), Demographics, Derriford Hospital (Plymouth), Elderly Major Trauma Patients, Elderly Trauma, Emergency Department Screening Tool For Elderly Trauma, Emergency Medicine Journal, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, London Major Trauma System, London Operational Delivery Networks: Trauma ODNs, London Trauma System, Major Trauma Centres (MTCs), Management of Delirium in Elderly Trauma Patients, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Teamwork, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs), Pan London Elderly Trauma Group, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England’s Director of Acute Care, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research & Academia): Medical Directorate (Birmingham), Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN): University of Manchester, Trauma Quality Improvement Network System (TQuINS), Trauma Units (TUs), UK Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, UK Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies: Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Manchester
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Reducing Pressures on Hospitals: Exploring the Potential Impact of Occupational Therapists (BBC News / COT / BAOT)
Summary A report from the College of Occupational Therapists demonstrates the role(s) which occupational therapists (and physiotherapists) can play in helping to reduce avoidable admissions / re-admissions to hospitals and subsequent delayed discharges of care in transitioning patients back into … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged : Policy Officer (Wales) at College of Occupational Therapists, A&E Pressures, Accident and Emergency Departments, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Argyle Street Primary Care Practice (Pembroke Dock), Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), British Association of Occupational Therapists, British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), Cardiff, Cardiff University, Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, College of Occupational Therapists, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Community Occupational Therapy Interventions, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Dr Alan Rees: Vice President of Royal College of Physicians Wales, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Bed Use, Emergency Care, Emergency Department Assessment Unit: University Hospital of Wales, Emergency Departments, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison (FOPAL) Team, Frail Older Persons Assessment and Liaison Team: University Hospital of Wales Emergency Department Assessment Unit, Health Boards, Home-Based Rehabilitation and Reablement, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Emergency Departments, Improving Lives, Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign (COT/BAOT), Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Julia Scott: Chief Executive Officer at College of Occupational Therapists, Length of Stay (LoS), Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapists: Addressing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Occupational Therapists: Keeping People Out of Hospital, Occupational Therapists: Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in General Practice (Pilot Project), Occupational Therapy: Improving Lives Saving Money Campaign, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy, Post-Discharge Support, Prevention and Reablement, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Reablement, Reablement Services, Readmissions, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Over-Reliance on Social Care, Reducing Pressure on Primary Care, Reducing the Pressure on Hospitals Report (COT/BAOT), Reducing Waste in the NHS, Ruth Crowder, Sarah Rochira: Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, University Hospital of Wales, Value of Occupational Therapists (#ValueofOT), Value of Occupational Therapy in Wales, Vaughan Gething: Cabinet Secretary for Health Wellbeing and Sport (Wales), Vaughan Gething: Welsh Health Secretary, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST), Welsh Reablement Alliance, Whole System Patient Flows
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Dementia Evidence Toolkit Launched (PSSRU at LSE / MODEM / NIHR)
Summary The new Dementia Evidence Toolkit has been built on a database of 3,000 journal articles and 700 reviews of research studies. This ambitious and world-leading online resource aims to offer a one-stop “hub” from which to access the latest evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Hip Fractures, Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / HSCIC / BBC News / National Health Executive / NHS England)
Summary A recent study in the USA found 41% of patients over the age of 70 years who were hospitalised with acute conditions were discharged with lower levels of function compared with when they were admitted to hospital. A number … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Candour, Candour: Safety and Improvement, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Campaign, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Continence Care, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Culture of Candour, Decubitus Ulcers, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Department of Health Safe Care Team, Dr David Hopper: Health Innovation Network, Epidemiology, Falls in Older People, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Harm Free Care, HCAI, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), Health Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Hospital-Acquired Infections, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Hospitalization Process Effects on Functional Outcomes and Recovery (HoPE-FOR), Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Incidents reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Later Life, Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs), Loss of Independence, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, Mandy Fader: University of Southampton, Measuring Harm Free Care, Medication Sedative Load (MSL), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), MHRA Medical Device Directive, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, National Health Executive, National Patient Safety AgencyNational Patient Safety Agency, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), National Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), Never Events, Never Events by Healthcare Provider, Never Events by Type of Incident, Never Events Data, Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHE: National Health Executive, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer Report (April 2014 to April 2015), No Catheter No CAUTI (Campaign), Official Statistics, Openness and Transparency, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Domain of NHS England, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Patient Safety Thermometer, Patient Voice, Patients First and Foremost, Pfeiffer Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention of Hospitalisation-Associated Disability, QIPP Safe Care Team, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Risk Factors, Safer Surgery, Safety Thermometer, STEIS, Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS), Surgical Never Events, Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Types of Harm, United States, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Catheterisation, Urinary Catheters, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Urology Trade Association, USA, Venous Thromboembolisms (VTEs), VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare
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